Younger People in Residential Aged Care

The Government will provide $7.3 million over 3 years from 2023-24 for a package of initiatives to further reduce the number of people under the age of 65 living in residential aged care. Funding includes:

* $3.6 million over two years from 2023-24 to provide targeted education and training packages for General Practitioners, clinical staff, social workers, carers, advocates, families, and other organisations and people that support and influence the decision making of younger people in residential aged care

* $2.4 million over 3 years from 2023-24 to establish a central function in the Department of Health and Aged Care to support nationally consistent decision making on the eligibility of younger people seeking to enter residential aged care

* $1.3 million in 2023-24 to evaluate actions already taken by governments to reduce the number of younger people in residential aged care, to inform future initiatives. Treasury